[...]... book are available for download on this book’s website at http://bendewey.com /getting- started -with- metro- apps and at https://github.com/bendewey/GettingStartedWithMetroApps How This Book Is Organized This book focuses on helping you become familiar with the new Windows 8 landscape, WinRT, and writing your first Metro style apps, from creating a simple search app to writing a touch enabled app that responds... 17 Getting Started: The BingSimpleSearch App If you’ve ever created a new project in Visual Studio, you already know how to get started creating Metro style apps To begin, open Visual Studio 2012 on a Windows 8 machine, and select File→New→Project Figure 2-4 shows the full list of templates available for Windows Metro style apps Each language contains a similar list of templates for creating Metro style. .. Application Bar, and providing elegant animation Metro style apps come with built-in support libraries and controls for these, so implementation is simplified Application Bar With full screen apps and the lack of chrome on the windows, interfaces lose menu bars These are the links you typically see at the top that say File, Tools, Help, etc Metro style apps have included a new Application Bar that is... conjunction with the Windows Runtime, provides a new model for connecting apps Once an app is running, you can 1 change settings, search, and share content with other apps without having to leave the full screen experience Start Screen Figure 1-1 The new Start Screen that powers Metro style apps in Windows The new Windows 8 start screen, shown in Figure 1-1, provides a fast and fluid way to interact with. .. these Metro style apps is now written in C++ Although many of the XAML controls and binding techniques remain, there are slight differences, and it is a complete rewrite in a completely new language after all For developers who are familiar with NET, you’ll find many of the APIs and libraries will still be available Microsoft has created a new profile called the NET Profile for Windows Metro style apps. .. were moved into the Windows Runtime with many brand new native Windows features The remainder of the NET components have been moved to this new NET Profile for Windows Metro style apps C++ Microsoft has made changes to C++ in the past to make it compatible with managed languages, and they continue to do so with WinRT There were similar challenges in order to cooperate with WinRT, but unlike the managed... where tiles are used to launch apps They are big and easily activated on touch devices while providing content that is upto-date and visible even when flicked across the screen Unlike desktop apps, Metro style apps don’t have borders or windows, which are difficult to interact with using touch Instead they are all full screen, enabling an immersive experience where your apps contain only relevant content... designed for use with JavaScript, C#, Visual Basic, and C++, this book will focus on C# The techniques are often the same and the syntax is surprisingly similar considering they are different languages JavaScript Metro style apps leverage the Internet Explorer WebHost, to render HTML5/CSS3, and the Chakra JavaScript engine to execute native web apps These apps are as flexible as existing web apps, but they... application model for running Metro style apps, provides access to the new features of the Operating System (OS) and the native hardware capabilities that are available on modern computers, tablets, and slates This chapter focuses on what it means to reimagine Windows and what’s available to help developers reimagine their apps as well A User Interface for Touch In line with other Metro- focused technologies... your product’s documentation does require permission We appreciate, but do not require, attribution An attribution usually includes the title, author, publisher, and ISBN For example: Getting Started with Metro Style Apps by Ben Dewey (O’Reilly) Copyright 2012 Ben Dewey, 978-1-449-32055-3.” If you feel your use of code examples falls outside fair use or the permission given above, feel free to contact . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h1" alt="" Getting Started with Metro Style Apps Ben Dewey Beijing • Cambridge • Farnham • Köln • Sebastopol • Tokyo Getting Started with Metro Style Apps by Ben Dewey Copyright. http://bendewey.com /getting- started -with- metro- apps and at https://github.com/bendewey/GettingStartedWithMetroApps. How This Book Is Organized This book focuses on helping you become familiar with the. Run- time API—for example communicating with sensors. Metro style apps are designed to communicate with WinRT via a language-independent projection layer, which enables apps to be written in statically-typed